Top 20 movies like The Adversary

The Adversary

Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

L'Adversaire is of 2 hour(s) and 9 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Vértigo Films, Les Films Alain Sarde, Pauline's Angel, Vega Film, CNC, France 3 Cinéma. It was released on 2002-08-28. It has an average vote of 6.568 on TMDB.

Genres: MysteryDramaCrime

1. The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

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2. The Light (L'Équipier)

The Light

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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3. Back Home (Revenir)

Back Home

The prodigal son of a family in turmoil returns home to his French rural home to reconnect with his family and make sense of their dysfunctions.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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4. Amish Grace

Amish Grace

When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community.

It has an average vote of 7.198 on TMDB.

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5. The Last Adventure (Les Aventuriers)

The Last Adventure

Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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6. My Happy Family (ჩემი ბედნიერი ოჯახი)

My Happy Family

In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.

It has an average vote of 7.247 on TMDB.

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7. Behind the Curve

Behind the Curve

Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.

It has an average vote of 6.34 on TMDB.

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8. Change of Plans (Le Code a changé)

Change of Plans

So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.

It has an average vote of 5.4 on TMDB.

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9. The Other Side of the Bed (El otro lado de la cama)

The Other Side of the Bed

When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. Meanwhile, while comforting Pedro, Sonia has a one night stand with him and Javier thinks she is cheating on him with her lesbian friend Luzia.

It has an average vote of 6.051 on TMDB.

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10. Marche à l'ombre (Marche à l'ombre)

Marche à l'ombre

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here they spend nights in the underground, and squat in houses with the African immigrants. One day they both fall in love with Mathilde a blond dancer and follow her to New York.

It has an average vote of 6.465 on TMDB.

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11. The Girl with a Bracelet (La Fille au bracelet)

The Girl with a Bracelet

Lise is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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12. How to Blow Up a Pipeline

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

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13. Jealous (Jalouse)

Jealous

A divorced teacher suddenly becomes jealous of everyone, including her daughter, friends and neighbors.

It has an average vote of 5.859 on TMDB.

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14. La Ceremonie (La Cérémonie)

La Ceremonie

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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15. The Valet (La Doublure)

The Valet

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

It has an average vote of 5.967 on TMDB.

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16. Blood Work

Blood Work

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

It has an average vote of 6.171 on TMDB.

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17. Coexister (Coexister)

Coexister

Under the pressure of his boss, a music producer decides to set up a group consisting of a rabbi, a priest and an imam to make them sing the living together. But the religious he recruits are far from being saints ...

It has an average vote of 5.888 on TMDB.

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18. Saint Omer (Saint Omer)

Saint Omer

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

It has an average vote of 6.337 on TMDB.

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19. Dead for a Dollar

Dead for a Dollar

In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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20. The Water Horse

The Water Horse

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

It has an average vote of 6.458 on TMDB.

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